As a gift I was given CHARCUTERIE The Craft of Salting Smoking and Curing by Michael Ruhlman and Bryan Polcyn. It’s packed full of excellent recipes. This is how our home-made pastrami turned out. To make this you will need some beef brisket with most of the fat removed. For a 2¼kg (5 lb) brisket make a…… Continue reading home-made pastrami
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salami class
It’s winter here and time to make salami. We hadn’t ventured into salami making before so we decided to take a class run by Costante Imports. The salami was made from coarsely ground pork shoulder with a fat content of 30%. For each kilo (2.2 lbs) of meat we added 30g (1.05 oz) of non-iodised salt, 3g (.1oz) of…… Continue reading salami class
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